Episiotomy
Challenging Obstetric Interventions
Published on 11. March 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-632-04145-9 (ISBN)
Description
There is little clinical evidence to suggest that episiotomies should be carried out routinely, yet over 200,000 of these operations are performed every year in the UK and over 1.5 million in the US. This book focuses on the process of innovation and change in the use of this controversial procedure by tracing the evolution of the liberal or routine use of episiotomy in the UK and US. It discusses the influence of professional and institutional pressure on bringing about change, and highlights the importance of the recent backlash by midwives and women's groups to reduce the number of times the procedure is used. The book should be a useful text for all those involved in effecting change within midwifery practice and management.
Reviews / Votes
??remarkably well-researched and well-written?agreat piece of work and essential reading for all those involved in
effecting change within midwifery and obstetrical practice and
management? Dr Murray W. Enkin, Professor Emeritus of
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
??should be standard reading for anyone involved
with maternity care? AIMS (Association for Improvements in
the Maternity Services)
?How helpful to us midwives to have such a well thought
out and well researched study of episiotomy. Thank you Ian
Graham? Caroline Flint, Former President, Royal College of
Midwives
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-04145-9 (9780632041459)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Ian D. Graham is the author of Episiotomy: Challenging Obstetric Interventions, published by Wiley.
Content
Theories of innovation in health care; 19th-century efforts to introduce the liberal use of episiotomy; the American crusade for prophylactic episiotomy; the emergence of the liberal use of episiotomy in the UK; effectively challenging obstetric orthodoxy in the UK; resistance to change in the US; the process of change; challenging obstetrical interventions.